Dear Members, Donors, and Friends of the Museum,

I’m so pleased to share with you this annual report which captures the energy and impact of the , while documenting many of our wonderful accomplishments of the past year. GRAM serves as an important cultural and civic anchor focused on art, design, and creativity. By offering innovative exhibitions, award-winning learning initiatives, and engaging community collaborations, the Museum provides a platform for experiences, ideas, and dialogue for Grand Rapids, Michigan, and beyond.

Our dedicated Board and staff have been working diligently to enhance our exhibition and education programs, enrich the guest experience, and build a broader audience. Whether you visit during a Member Preview Party, ArtPrize, a school tour, a classical music concert, or a social event, you can’t help but to notice GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM LEADERSHIP TEAM how alive the Museum is becoming. DANA FRIIS-HANSEN Director & CEO As we work together to move the Museum forward, we are committed to PATTI KENYON building stronger community engagement through individual and collaborative Director of Finance and Administration relationships. Strengthening our base of support is increasingly important to MARGERY PRESUTTI ensure institutional sustainability and to offer these vital and growing programs. Director of Human Resources We truly value your partnership and confidence in GRAM and thank you for your ELLY BARNETTE-DAWSON continued involvement. Director of Advancement JON CARFAGNO Warm regards, Director of Learning and Audience Engagement RON PLATT Chief Curator KERRI VANDERHOFF DANA FRIIS-HANSEN GoSite Director Director and CEO

GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM Envisioning an exciting future through a reimagined strategic plan.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Focusing on art, design, and creativity, GRAM will provide diverse platforms for experiences, ideas, and dialogue that enrich the human spirit and build practical learning skills. Through dynamic exhibitions, collections, learning initiatives, and community collaborations, GRAM will increasingly serve as a cultural beacon and civic anchor.

OBJECTIVES Expand the Impact of Art Enhance and innovate exhibitions, collections, learning, and content creation Activate the Museum Experience Design experiences that promote audience engagement, diversity, and participation Integrate Innovation Skills Practice and advance human-centered design and 21st century learning skills Advance Civic and Cultural Leadership Increase cultural and civic impact locally, regionally, and beyond. Build Institutional Strength Fortify institutional stability through earned and philanthropic financial growth, and by managing and leveraging assets GRAM staff and trustees working together to shape the future.

RE-ACCREDITATION! The Grand Rapids Art Museum has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum! AAM accreditation brings national recognition to GRAM for its commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards, and continued institutional improvement. Accreditation is a very rigorous but highly rewarding process that examines all aspects of a museum’s operations. Of the nation’s nearly 17,500 museums, just over 1,000 are currently accredited and GRAM is proud to be among this elite group of institutions. Thank you to all those who participated in this process. VIBRANTAND CONNECTED As a cultural beacon and civic anchor, attracting and engaging diverse audiences, and providing an environment that is welcoming and inclusive to all guests is at the forefront of everything that we do. GRAM creates a dynamic environment for the open exchange of ideas which provides a platform for individual and community growth, elevating our civic dialogue and transforming our society in unexpected ways.

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ARTPRIZE 2014 The past several years at GRAM have brought exceptional GRAM has established itself as one of downtown Grand exhibitions to from some of the best Rapids’ premier venues during ArtPrize, a radically open, museums in the country. three-week, international art competition. In 2014, GRAM was recognized on the short list as an Outstanding Venue by In 2012 an extended partnership with the Whitney ArtPrize jurors for serving as an exhibition center providing Museum of American Art began, bringing 3 world-class unparalleled exhibition space and public accessibility to art exhibitions to GRAM; Rauschenberg: Synapsis Shuffle; Real/ from around the world. Surreal; Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection; and T. J. Wilcox: GRAM selected 19 artists for its ArtPrize 2014 exhibition, In the Air. We owe a special [DIS]COMFORT ZONES. The exhibition featured works of art thanks to Pamella DeVos—a Board from regional, national, and international artists, utilizing Member that we share with the Whitney—for making various mediums including painting, sculpture, mixed media, these presentations possible. drawing, photography, and video. These works highlighted the powerful ways in which artists take risks and push 2013 also brought an opportunity for West Michigan to boundaries. discover how artists have captured nature’s essential role in the American experience with the exhibition of Masterpieces of American Landscape Painting, which “If you want to see a likely [ArtPrize] winner or two, your included highlights from the prestigious collection of the best bet is to head for the [Art] Museum. No other venue Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. comes close.” - MLive, 2014 11,206 VISITORS GRAM ON THE GREEN FREE A partnership with Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation MEIJER FREE TUESDAYS & MEIJER FREE THURSDAY NIGHTS and the Downtown Alliance brought free live music to Free general admission all day Tuesdays and after 5:00 PM over 1,500 people in downtown Grand Rapids for 6 weeks on Thursdays was made possible for 11,206 visitors thanks in July and August. This outdoor summer music series at to a generous partnership with Meijer. featured live music, dancing, outdoor sketching, and games for all ages.

SUNDAY CLASSICAL CONCERT SERIES On Sunday afternoons from October through March, GRAM hosted live classical music concerts. A total of 1,627 guests enjoyed concerts from a diverse lineup of artists.

CREATIVITY UNCORKED This after-hours event invited adults to grab a glass of wine and let their artistic side flow in GRAMStudio. GRAM hosted 10 events with 249 individuals participating.

ARTPRIZE 2014 BY THE NUMBERS VOLUNTEERS 177,000 + guests / Hosted Intersections, winner of the 370 volunteers devoted over 9,700 Public and Juried Grand Prizes / Hosted 4 Top 20 artists hours of service, including over 3,500 / 289 volunteers increased time devoted by 37% / 1,060 service hours by GRAM Docents. We families participated in GRAMStudio programming /900 love our volunteers and could not do + students engaged in ArtPrize Education Days / 741 9,700 Hours this with out them! people experienced 74 tours / 395 new members, 29% increase / 270 renewed memberships, 9% increase.

[DIS]COMFORT ZONES featured Anila Quayyum Agha’s Intersections, which won the ArtPrize 2014 Public Grand Prize and split the Juried Grand Prize. GRAM was proud to feature 4 ArtPrize Top 20 artists, including the winners of the Three- Dimensional and Installation categories.

ArtPrize founder, Rick DeVos with ArtPrize 2014 winner, Anila Quayyum Agha EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT Creating experiences that promote audience engagement, diversity, and participation provides the opportunity to develop the creative minds of visitors of all ages. Infusing our world with art at all stages of life is fundamental to the development of essential 21st-century skills.

LANGUAGE ARTISTS GRAM’s Language Artists program played a significant role integrating literacy and the visual arts, at a time when funding for arts programs in schools waned. This program was created specifically for third grade educators and students, and is based on a curriculum developed in partnership with Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS). By offering these free tours to area third grade classrooms, GRAM helped these students build essential skills in the fundamentals of description, compare/contrast, beginning/middle/end, and “The collaboration between GRPS and GRAM problem/solution. 2,140 GRPS third graders participated in exemplifies the best of what partnerships can bring: the program during the 2013-2014 school year, an increase a strong commitment to the arts and core content of 19% over last year. Since the implementation of the create stronger students, and ultimately, a more Language Artists program, GRPS has seen an increase in vibrant community.” student MEAP writing assessment proficiency of 2%, with – Rick Noel, Executive Director of Elementary Schools and individual schools seeing increases as great as 20%. Early Childhood Education for Grand Rapids Public Schools DOCENT-LED TOURS GRAM’s docent program served a total of 5,333 SOOPER YOOPER ART COMPETITION students, families, and adults—a 6.6% increase in The fourth annual environmentally inspired children’s art tour participation—with51 docents leading 204 tours, contest saw 527 entries from students ages 5 through including 88 tours for students from West Michigan 18. Entries were judged on the basis of originality, schools, 11 tours for Girl and Boy Scout Troops, and 105 creativity, and connection to the natural world and/or tours for members of the public. ecological issues. 45 winners were selected across three age groups, including 7 students from West Michigan schools.

GAZING AT GRAM Specialized tours engaged 312 guests who are living with memory loss related conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and traumatic brain Injury. The addition of 3 more partner organizations increased participation by 28%.

TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRAM was proud to partner with ARTPRIZE EDUCATION DAYS area schools by offering continuing In these hands-on workshops, over 900 education opportunities for 482 area students created works of art inspired by educators, an increase of 130%. ArtPrize artists. Select examples of student work were included in an exhibition in GRAM’s Education Center Gallery. 482 EDUCATORS

SUMMER ART CAMPS During a five-week period in July and August,142 children ages 5 to 13 connected with works of art, learned about the art-making process, and strengthened their creative skills. Each week culminated in a mini-exhibition curated by the campers. Participation in the summer campsincreased by 14%, and 18 campers with financial need received full-tuition scholarships.

Campers showing off SUMMER CAMP their creations PARTICIPATION UP 14% INNOVATIONAND INTERACTIVITY Practicing and advancing human- centered design and 21st-century learning skills creates a culture of communication, critical thinking, and collaboration. Continual use of these tools positions GRAM on the cutting edge of museum practices, while allowing the museum to serve the community in new and increasingly impactful ways.

ART OF FAMILY LIVING Thanks to an innovative collaboration with Gatherings of Hope, families from 39 Grand Rapids area congregations were provided the opportunity to engage in conversations in the Museum’s galleries and participated in art-making activities in GRAMStudio. Exploring art through hands-on experiences, families were given opportunities for creative expression of the values studied through their Family Leadership Initiative season. A set of custom iBooks was made available in both English and Spanish, exploring the portrayal of these values in works from the Museum’s collection.

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LIVING LANDSCAPES 36-HOUR COLLABORATIVE PROJECT Over the course of two days of programing, 204 museum guests participated in a collaborative landscape “mash up” made entirely of compostable materials in the Betz Studio. Guests—aided by staff and volunteers—constructed a 3-dimensional landscape inspired by elements found in artworks featured in Masterpieces of American Landscape Painting. Guests choose an element represented in a painting (trees, rocks, mountains, waterfalls, etc.) and added it to the Living Landscape. GRAM EDUCATOR HOME GRAM Educator Home is a custom-built online community created exclusively for educators, which provided professionals from all corners of the world with immediate access to the resources of the Museum. Created to be as dynamic and ever-changing as GRAM’s collection, the images provided were routinely updated and changed to reflect what was currently on view in the galleries, items that were relevant to curriculum, and objects that pertained to current events. This online community assisted teachers of all disciplines and grade levels in reimagining their curriculum through arts integration. Organized around specific objects from the Museum’s current and past exhibitions, it provided educators with the information and curriculum connections necessary to reinvigorate old lesson plans and re-engage their students.

GRAM AND MSU COLLABORATION SOCIAL MEDIA Art Saves Lives—a partnership with GRAM continued to engage its global audience Michigan State University College of through various social media channels; with a 12% Human Medicine—successfully completed increase in Facebook, a 25% increase in Twitter its first semester. Students spent one followers and a growing Instagram account. semester focusing on observation, This growing community of connected GRAM communication, and ambiguity through supporters is important to our continued success the lens of art. and we are workind hard to develop content and messaging that is relevant and useful. &

DESIGN BRIEFS GRAM partnered with AIGA West Michigan—the professional association for design—to launch a program called Design Briefs. This program transforms the Museum into an incubator for ideas through evening events that feature crowd-sourced presentations of new products, services, and social entrepreneurship concepts moderated by a panel of interdisciplinary experts from GRAM and the local design community.

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The combined GRAM and AIGA team VISIONAND GENEROSITY Providing institutional strength and stability via earned and philanthropic financial growth allows GRAM to fortify, manage, and leverage its assets in order to benefit our community for generations to come.

GENEROSITY ANNUAL FUND As a faithful supporter of GRAM, your continued investment played GRAM is deeply grateful for the philanthropic an integral role in helping make our vision a reality. Together, we support of our community that provides exciting strengthened our community. Together, we enhanced the quality of exhibitions, programs, and events, enabling us life for those around us. Together, we created a space for people of to engage an intergenerational, intercultural all generations and backgrounds to gather, learn, and exchange ideas. audience. By giving to our annual fund, you can support all that is needed to make this a So today, our hope is simple: that you are continued to be inspired. continuous reality. We hope that you are inspired to partake in our exhibitions and programs, to invite others to join you, and to continue partnering 2013-2014 Annual Fund contributions with us to build a vibrant Grand Rapids community that we all love totaled: $2,261,502! and enjoy year after year.

MINER S. & MARY ANN KEELER LEGACY SOCIETY Tammy & Howie Bailey Ann & Don Kelley Mary & Richard Panek Peter M. Wege Kenneth Bandstra Barbara A. Kuhn Charles G. Schoenknecht Dorothy J. Williamson Molly Bradshaw Thomas H. & Anne Gerth Logan & Ward A. Paul Kate Pew Wolters Samuel Cummings Mary Loupee Charles & Stella Royce Anonymous (5) John & Marilyn Drake Paula Neal Margaret Ryan David & Judith Frey Stephanie A. Neal Ellie E. Sarafis Meg Goebel Valerie B. Nelson Bill Scarbrough Dirk & Victoria Hoffius Chris & Greta Overvoorde & Kate Kesteloot Scarbrough Barbara & Thomas Jackoboice Martin & Enid Packard Gerald & Emma Talen Mary Ann Keeler Douglas & Nancy Padnos James & Janet Watkins CORPORATE PARTNERS TAP INTO GRAM Tap into GRAM invited local business leaders and EXCEPTIONAL BOARD LEADERSHIP community supporters to enjoy an evening of A strong Board of Trustees has been key to GRAM’s networking at the Museum while honoring loyal continued success throughout the years. Mitch Watt just Corporate Partners that help make GRAM’s vision concluded his term as President of the Board, and GRAM possible. Corporate contributions are a significant is grateful for his 3 years of service to the Museum in source of operating support, which helps us serve as a that capacity. During his tenure as vibrant cultural and educational hub for our community. President, we hired a new Director & CEO, launched a new exhibition schedule, oversaw reaccreditation, and drafted a new strategic plan. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without his leadership and dedication to the Museum.

Jane Boyles Meilner recently took the reins as the new President of the Board and looks forward to increasing GRAM’s MEMBER PROFILE: BRUCE BAILEY visibility as a destination for art, Bruce Bailey has been an outstanding member of design, and creativity. the GRAM family since 2007. He has served our community as a volunteer for GRAM on the Green, as Docent, as GRAMbassador, and as volunteer for the GoSite Pop-Up.

KEELER LEGACY SOCIETY His excitement about Joining the Keeler Legacy Society allows supporters to the Museum’s role in the make a difference in the visual arts for generations to community is infectious. Bruce come. GRAM honors stakeholders who contribute to noted that his excitement stems the growth of arts and culture with bequests of financial from the fact that, “we talk planning vehicles or a named endowment fund. about real education here at GRAM. We’re not just Legacy Society Luncheon going through the motions. There’s a forward-looking spirit at GRAM. I’ve had 5th graders point out details to me that I’ve never noticed before about paintings that I’ve looked at dozens of times. I have had more professional growth here than in 36 years as a teacher in public education.”

Dedicated volunteers like Bruce bring the GRAM experience to life for our visitors every day. We could not do what we do without him, and we look forward to many more years of collaboration with this outstanding partner in education. EXHIBITIONS

Masterpieces of American Landscape Painting 1820-1950 October 20, 2013 – January 12, 2014 This exhibition of 48 paintings from the outstanding collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston provided an overview of the history of landscape painting in the United States and intriguing views of the country’s natural beauty. While the exhibition focused on historical views of the American landscape, it also offered an opportunity to consider how we can protect and preserve it for future

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection February 2 – April 27, 2014 Drawn from Emily Fisher Landau’s spectacular donation of over 400 modern and contemporary works of art to the Whitney Museum of American Art, this exhibition of 80 works traced the themes and ideas that have shaped art since the late 1960s—abstraction, conceptualism, postmodernism, questions about the relevance of painting in the aftermath of minimalism, debates about representation, “culture wars,” and a revived interest in personal narratives.

Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America May 18 – August 24, 2014 After its debut at the Cranbrook Art Museum, GRAM was excited to bring this significant exhibition to West Michigan. Michigan Modern celebrates the state’s outstanding contributions to modern design, featuring 50 key designers and architects from 20 innovative, Michigan-based businesses and institutions.

ArtPrize® 2014 at GRAM: [DIS]COMFORT ZONES September 18 – October 12, 2014 Whether through subject matter, process, or point of view, artists pull viewers – and themselves – out of their comfort zones to see, feel and understand the world differently. Artists in the exhibition explored issues surrounding the body and identity, politics and war, vulnerability and ambiguity, danger and violence, fragmentation and distortion, and culture and religion. MICHIGAN ARTIST SERIES

Susan Goethel Campbell: Resisting Certainty March 6 – June 1, 2014 Susan Goethel Campbell’s work interpreted the contemporary landscape as an emergent system where nature, culture, and the engineered environment are indistinguishable from one another. At the heart of her practice was the collection, documentation, and observation of seasonal change in both natural and artificial environments.

Joey Ruiter: Objects in Motion October 25, 2013 – January 5, 2014 KCAD Industrial Design Alumnus, Joey Ruiter, pushed the limits of what is required for an object to function. Searching for new ways to think about materials, scale, manufacturing process, and function, Ruiter’s designs met everyday needs in surprising ways.

Tim Powers: Below the Surface May 29 – August 24, 2014 Below the Surface displayed the evolution of Tim Powers’ working practice with different materials and his understanding of their hidden potential. The exhibition featured a large-scale installation, spanning two entire walls of over 400 of his pillow forms, along with several other experimental sculptures.

COLLECTIONS AND COMMUNITY EXHIBITIONS

GRAM Selects ArtPrize® 2013: Encore November 29, 2013 – October 12, 2014 During ArtPrize® 2013, GRAM’s curatorial team explored the entries on view and selected 15 works of art with strong resonance to other works in the Museum’s collection, encouraging guests to explore the connections between the works of art on view.

The Stuart and Barbara Padnos Foundation Collection December 20, 2013 – March 30, 2014 This exhibition highlighted twenty works of art by well-known artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec, Pierre Auguste Renoir, and Auguste Rodin. The works included were on long-term, five-year loan from the Stuart & Barbara Padnos Foundation. The eight sculptures, one painting, and 11 prints, drawings, and watercolors featured in this exhibition were interspersed throughout the Museum’s collection, rotating through the second and third floor galleries.

America Near and Far: Photographs from the Collection, 1870-1930 October 20, 2013 – January 12, 2014 Photographs may serve as souvenirs of the places we have been, or they may show us places we have never seen. As Americans spread their settlements across the continent and into uncharted areas in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the relatively new medium of photography captured the landscapes, both near and far. Ranging geographically from Michigan to California, these thirty photographs from the Museum’s collection provided a glimpse into America’s landscapes of decades past. ACQUISITIONS Diego Rivera, (Mexican, 1886-1957) Attributed to James Sowerby, (English, 1757-1822) Man Holding a Bag, 1944 Nasturtium Graphite on paper, 15 ½ x 11 in. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 8 7/8 x 7 ¼ in. Gift of Miner S. Keeler and Mary Ann Keeler, 2013.61 Gift of Phyllis and James Karsina, 2014.5

Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Portfolio, 2001 Medicago polymorpha, Plate 176 from William Curtis Set of 15 intaglio prints in portfolio box Flora londinensis, first edition, 1777-1798 Andrew Balkin Editions, edition of 125 Engraving with hand-coloring on paper, plate: 9 1/8 x 12 ½ in. Works by Andrew Balkin, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Warrington Colescott, Gift of Phyllis and James Karsina, 2014.6 Michelle Grabner, Susan Hunt-Wulkowicz, Martin Levine, Munio Makuuchi, Frances Myers, Bruce Nauman, Gladys Nilsson, Ed Paschke, Fred Stone- Mary Ann Aitken, (American, 1960 - 2012) house, Tom Uttech, John Wilde, William Wiley Untitled (Flower Abstract 1), ca. 1985 Gift of Tom and Anne Logan, 2013.65 a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o Oil on paper from Art History Book, 9 by 11 ½ in. Gift of the Mary Ann Aitken family, 2014.7 Terrence Reese, (American, b. 1964) Paul Collins, 2012 Mary Ann Aitken, (American, 1960 - 2012) 15 x 15 inches, Photograph Untitled (Flower Abstract 3), ca. 1985 Museum Purchase, 2013.66 Oil on paper from Art History Book, 11 ½ by 9 in. Gift of the Mary Ann Aitken family, 2014.8 Terrence Reese, (American, b. 1964) Gordon Parks, 2012 Mary Ann Aitken, (American, 1960 - 2012) 15 x 15 inches, Photograph Self-Portrait, ca 1987 Museum Purchase, 2013.67 Oil on wood, 40 by 20 in. Gift of the Mary Ann Aitken family, 2014.9 Terrence Reese, (American, b. 1964) Lois Malou Jones, 2012 Adonna Khare, (American, b. 1980) 15 x 15 inches, Photograph, 2013.68 Elephant Whirlpool, 2014 Gift of the Artist Carbon pencil on paper, 96 by 60 in. Museum Purchase, with funds from Bill and Marilyn Crawford and the artist, Charles Eames, (American 1907-1978) 2014.10 Ray Eames, (American, 1912-1988 ES 106 Chaise Lounge, 1968 Susan Goethal Campbell, (American, B. 1956) Eggplant nylon-coated aluminum frame, leather cushions Aerials: Other Cities #2, 2012 28x75x17 ½ inches Relief print with perforations, 29 by 43 in. Gift of John and Claudia Berry, 2013.69 Museum Purchase, 2014.11

Andy Warhol, (American, 1928-1987) Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925–2008) Little Red Book (F113), 1971 Shell, 1965 20 polaroid photographs in the artist photo album Frottage on paper, 36 x 48 in. Gift of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., 2013.70 Gift of Miner S. Keeler and Mary Ann Keeler, 2014.12 (a-t) Richard Earlom, (English, 1743-18220, and Thomas Goff Lupton (English, William Blake (English, 1757–1827) 1791–1873) after Claude Lorrain (French, 1604–1682) Illustrations of the Book of Job, 1825, published 1826 11 etchings and mezzotints from theLiber Veritatis, 1774–1779 22 engravings on india paper chine collé on wove paper 10 3⁄4 x 14 in. each James Lahee, printer Gift of Arthur and Kristine Rossof, 2014.13 (a-k) From the edition of 150 on “India Paper.” Jansma Collection, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 2014.1 (a-v) David Lucas (English, 1802–1881) after John Constable (English, 1776–1837) 15 mezzotints on paper Ellen Lanyon (American, 1926-2013) 1993 restrike edition issued by The Tate, each sheet 13 x 14 3⁄4 in. Encore Event: Vibra, 2001 Gift of Arthur and Kristine Rossof, 2014.14 (a-o) Acrylic on two-tiered canvas, 31 ½ x 47 ½ x 2 in. Gift of the Estate of Ellen Lanyon, 2014.2 Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) Drawing of proposed mobile, 1947 Ellen Lanyon (American, 1926-2013) Graphite, crayon, and black ink on paper, 11 x 8 1⁄2 in. Leap for Life, 1984 Transfer from Grand Rapids Art Museum’s Archives, 2014.15 Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in. Gift of the Estate of Ellen Lanyon, 2014.3 Osamu James Nakagawa (American, b. 1962) From the series BANTA Cliffs, 2008 Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) Archival inkjet print, 66 1⁄2 x 20 in. and Georges Aubert (1886-1961) Museum Purchase, 2014.16 Christ in Conversation, from The Passion, 1939 Wood engraving on paper, 7 1/8 x 8 in. Gift of Phyllis and James Karsina, 2014.4 MAJOR DRAWING DONATED Elephant Whirpool is Adonna Khare’s homage to her ArtPrize 2012 Grand Prize-winning drawing, MASTER PRINT COLLECTION EXPANDED Elephants. This accession was made possible by The Jansma Master Print Collection was expanded a generous contribution to the Museum by Bill with the accession of William Blake’s Illustratrions and Marilyn Crawford. of the Book of Job. Blake’s illustrations were added to GRAM’s Jansma Print Collection iPad app, which is available as a free download in the Bill and Marilyn Crawford with iTunes App Store. Adonna Khare at the unveiling of Elephant Whirlpool

PERMANENT ARTPRIZE COLLECTION INCREASED RON PLATT APPOINTED CHIEF CURATOR GRAM began a deliberate Ron Platt was brought on board in 2014 as a process of growing its collection significant addition to GRAM’s leadership team. of exemplary work featured in His contributions to the Museum will take our the annual ArtPrize exhibition. collections, exhibitions, and programming to ArtPrize has begun a rich culture another level. Funding for the Chief Curator and dialogue about the value of position has been generously provided by Patti art in Grand Rapids, and GRAM and Karl Betz. is the perfect institution to preserve this legacy. This year, works by five ArtPrize artists were added to our collection. We are excited to add an extensive range of styles and mediums, including video, photographs, pencil drawing and digital print on aluminum.

Osamu James Nakagawa (American, b. 1962) From the series BANTA Cliffs, 2008 Archival inkjet print, 66 1⁄2 x 20 in. Museum Purchase, 2014.16 FINANCIAL STRENGTH

Annual Fund contributions totaled: $2,289,736. Contributions to the GRAM Annual Fund provide a gift above and beyond membership dues. Every tax-deductible dollar that is donatedkeeps the Museum thriving; from exhibitions and artist lectures to summer art camps, studio workshops, and much more. While membership dues are an important source of income, contributions to the Annual Fund ultimately support all that we do, ensuring the continued growth and sustainability of GRAM.

Our Hollywood- themed Gala SOLD OUT!! We welcomed 480 guests, raising $271,480 in support of GRAM’s artistic and educational programming.

Sustainability Considerable generosity of individuals, foundations, and corporate partners—invested with thoughtful stewardship of resources and successful business plans for earned income streams—allowed GRAM to close the books on the fiscal year with a $236,998 surplus. These funds will go toward capital and board- designated reserve funds. Facility Use and Beverage Sales Facility usage and beverage revenues were $569,281, accounting for a 7.7% increase. GRAM’s central location in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, stunning architectural features and impeccable service are increasingly making the Museum a premier venue for weddings, business meetings, fundraisers, and special events.

Museum Store Revenues were $249,809, an increase of 3.1% over last year.

PHOTOGRAPHY © KELLY SWEET PHOTOGRAPHY Admissions Revenue Admission revenue was $148,485, and the Museum welcomed a total of 241,724 guests. Membership Membership income totaled $280,184.

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REVENUE 2.8% State of Michigan $ 25,500 0.5% 5.2% Other income $ 32,717 0.6% 8.3% Admissions $ 148,845 2.8% Membership/Membership programs $ 280,184 5.2% 42.7% 12.4% Fundraising Events $ 446,655 8.3% REVENUE Underwriting $ 666,190 12.4% GRAM Foundation Support (endowment) $ 655,030 12.2% Earned Income $ 819,090 15.3% 12.2% Annual Fund $ 2,289,736 42.7% 15.3% Total Revenue $ 5,363,947 100%

1.9% EXPENSES 2% Learning and Audience Engagement $ 96,881 1.9% 6.2% Communications and Public Relations $ 100,283 2.0% Earned income Activities $ 317,676 6.2% 34.3% 8.2% Advancement/Membership $ 418,971 8.2% EXPENSE Administration (Includes salaries) $ 436,218 8.5% Exhibions/Curatorial $ 644,585 12.6% Facilities/Operations $ 1,354,523 26.4% 12.6% Salaries/Benefits $ 1,757,812 34.3% Total Expenses $ 5,126,949 100% 26.4% Michael & Susan Jandernoa Alan & Michelle Davis 2013 Individual Donors The Jury Foundation Joy & James DeBoer $1,000,000 + David & Kimberly Moorhead Len & Teri Dyer Wege Foundation Lizbeth Sorensen O’Shaughnessy John H. Edlund Doug & Nancy Padnos Gail & Jim Fahner $100,000+ Alan R. Ryan Charitable Remainder Trust Richard & Barbara Foster Karl & Patricia Betz Bill & Kate Scarbrough Paula & Michael Freed Daniel & Pamella DeVos Foundation Marilyn Titche Twink Frey Steelcase Foundation Jerry & Marcia Tubergen Foundation Chuck & Bette Fuller Kate & Richard Wolters Foundation Mitch & Stacey Watt Lou Ann & Dan Gaydou $50,000+ Tim & Kathleen Gietzen $2,500+ Richard & Helen DeVos Foundation Gene & Tubie Gilmore Attallah & Mimi Amash Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation Florence Goodyear Charles & Linda Anderson The Meijer Foundation Doris G. Griffith Donald Battjes, Jr. Jack H. Miller Terry D. West & Richard L. Hagan John R. Bertsch Dick & Sandy Hansen $25,000+ Kenneth & Judy Betz Ulrike Hart Barnabas Foundation Janet Gatherer Boyles & John Boyles Herman Foundation Dick & Betsy DeVos Family Foundation Molly Bradshaw Marianna & Rinck Heule John K. & Marilyn J. Drake Thomas & Sandra Burr Diane & Dan Hickey Gillett Family Foundation Trust John H. Busch John Hunting Grand Rapids Community Foundation Gregory & Geilyn Chapman Robert & Paulette Israels Cate & Sid Jansma, Jr. Robert H. Delamar Bill & Judy Johnson Mary Loupee Dana Friis-Hansen & Mark Holzbach Peter & Helga Kleinschmidt The Henry Luce Foundation William H. Gilbert Trust Korff Foundation Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Robert & Nancy Gleffe Sylvia Krissoff National Endowment for the Arts John & Nancy Gordon Richard & Judy Lacks James & Mary Nelson M. James & Sarah G. Gunberg Tony & Heather Lawrence Porter Foundation Keller Foundation Thomas H. & Anne Gerth Logan Robert & Elizabeth Koenen $10,000+ Deborah & Daniel Mankoff Blake & Mary Krueger Gregory & Rajene Betz Chet Maternowski Hank & Liesel Meijer Edith Blodgett Legacy Fund of Gretchen Minnhaar & Luis Tomatis Jane & John Meilner The Brookby Foundation Lauretta K. Murphy & Glen Johnson & Tom Merchant Peter C. & Emajean Cook Foundation Edward Manderfeld Martin & Enid Packard CDV5 Foundation Jon & Carol Muth Jeff & Peg Padnos Bill & Marilyn Crawford Margaret & Robert Nault William R. Padnos James P. & Judith A. DeLapa Valerie B. Nelson Richard & Mary Panek Frey Foundation Mario & Kristy Orsini Jason & Kari Pater Dirk & Victoria Hoffius Charles Schoenknecht & Jim & Marie Preston J.C. Huizenga & Tammy Born Huizenga Ward Paul Milt & Barbara Rohwer Marilyn C. Hunting John W. & Callista A. Potter David & Kara Rosen Beatrice A. Idema Paul & Margaret Potter Gifts in Memory of Alan R. Ryan Barbara & Thomas Jackoboice Sandra & Warren Rempel Robert & Karen Schermer The Keeler Foundation Jorgen & Meg Sorensen Eddie T.L. Tadlock aka The Miner S. & Mary Ann Keeler Fund Tim & Jane Stoepker VanderLaan Family Foundation Herbert & Sharon Lantinga United Jewish Foundation of Mrs. Dori VanderMey National Endowment for the Arts Metropolitan Detroit Keith P. 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BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOUNDATION BOARD UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS JANE BOYLES MEILNER OF TRUSTEES President DOUGLAS WILLIAMS T. J. Wilcox: In The Air May 17 - August 30, 2015 TAMARA R. BAILEY President Artist T. J. Wilcox’sIn the Air is a Vice President TONY S. LAWRENCE dazzling panoramic film installation, TONY S. LAWRENCE Secretary/Treasurer presenting viewers with a captivating, multidirectional, bird’s-eye view of the Secretary/Treasurer CHARLES ANDERSON New York City skyline. PATRICIA BETZ MEG GOEBEL KHARY BRIDGEWATER T. J. Wilcox, In the Air, 2013 (installation view, Whitney Museum of American Art). Ten-channel panoramic video installation, BARBARA JACKOBOICE black-and-white and color, silent, 30:42 minutes looped. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds MARILYN CRAWFORD JANE BOYLES MEILNER from Daniel and Pamella Roland DeVos 2014.62. © Bill Jacobson/T. J. Wilcox Studio SAM CUMMINGS LAURIE MURPHY RICK DEVOS DOUGLAS PADNOS SYDNEY DEVOS Reynold H. Weidenaar MITCHELL WATT October 25, 2015 - Jan 17, 2016 LEN DYER DIANE GRIFFIN Reynold H. Weidenaar is a one of West HONORARY LIFE TRUSTEES Michigan’s most acclaimed and talented KURT HASSBERGER artists. He is celebrated in the region as DIRK HOFFIUS MARGARET BRADSHAW a cultural icon, and this retrospective is ROBERT KOENEN ANITA CARTER the most comprehensive exhibition of his work in over three decades. JOYCE LEE PAMELLA DEVOS TOM MERCHANT Reynold H. Weidenaar (American, 1915-1985), Locomotive Shops, 1947, Etching and aquatint on paper, 13 x 16 7/8 in. MARILYN Q. DRAKE Private Collection MARY NELSON DAVID G. FREY LIZBETH O’SHAUGHNESSY MARY ANN KEELER CHRISTOPHER ROSMARIN LUCI KING Women, Art, and Social CAROL SAROSIK Change: Newcomb SYLVIA KRISSOFF SETH STARNER Pottery Enterprise MARY LOUPEE EDDIE T.L. TADLOCK January 31 - April 17, 2016 KATE PEW WOLTERS JOY UDDIN This exhibition is a study of the works of MARK J. WASSINK the students and teachers of Newcomb MITCHELL WATT Memorial College and their contribution to women’s rights and social change. MEG MILLER WILLIT Agnes Miller Parker (British, 1895–1980). Two Rabbits, 1936. Wood engraving on paper. Grand Rapids Art Museum, Gift of Mabel H. Perkins, 1949.2.14. © Mrs A D Quickenden